Japan's Kenzaburo Oe, a Nobel-winning author of poetic fiction, dies at 88

Japanese Nobel Prize winning author Kenzaburo Oe poses in March 2012 during the inauguration of the 32nd Paris Book Fair, which focused on Japanese writers.Jacques Brinon/AP TOKYO Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe, whose darkly poetic novels were built from his childhood memories during Japan's postwar occupation and from being the parent of a disabled son, has died.

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